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Financial anc
New York Cotton
New Vork, Juno L'!e After showing
considerable Mivnglh during tolas.:
earlier trading. thc cotton market nu
der realizing liquidation turned <-as
ler. but closed steady, net unchanged
to six points higher. Sentime.nl seem
ed lo be more or less unsettled hi the
late trading, owing to advices from
Washington (hut the Lever bill bad
passed the House. Unconfirmed re
ports of good rains lu Oklahoma and
Un- more optimistic showing of one
ut the private crop reports publish
ed during the early .afternoon. There
were live crop reports.
tine was by a Memphis authority,
making the condition 78.0; another
Soul hern report making the condition
7S.:{. and a decrease of 1.7 per cent In
acreage. A Chicago linn placed the
condition at 77 7 per cent, and an ac
reage decrease ot -i per cent .
A local report showed a condition of
77.7 per cent and an acreage decrease
??l 2 per cent. These reports which
were Issued before noon werv taken
as indicating a July bureau on Wed
nesday showing a condition well un-j
der the ten year average of 80.7. lint
a report 'if SO.I per cent, issued biter
in the day, modified sentiment in this
connection.
The market opened steady at an ad
vance ol :'. to s points In response to
relut' '.in cables and reports
i hat spinners were buying more free
ly In the English markets.. The curly
advance carried active months about
12 to 17 points higher, with July lead
ing thu upward movement on contin
ued covering, chiefly against sales of
August or later deliveries. There was
tome Europium or Southern buying
here, but offering increased on the ad
vance ol some L'S pointsfrom thu re
cent lower levels, for new crop po
sit hms. I'rives showell reactions of
gom? Kl to 12 points ut the close. j
Cotton futures closed steady.
Open Close
July . 1285 12.".-.
Allgust . 129(1 12HX
October . 1272 l^au
December . 1277 12f,S
.la mia ry . l2Gf> Vii I
t larch .'. 1218 VIVA
Spot colton quiet; middling tipian-.ls
i:i:r>- middling gulf 13.50; nil .cs :.->
New Orleans Cotton
New Orleans, June 2?.-While the
col lou market closed at a net gain
for the day or fi to ti points, the ten
dency in the afternoon session was
to sag. chiefly as the result of selling
out ot the long side which'was induc
ed by private bureau report on condi
tion of 80 per cent.
In the curly trading the market bad
a linn undertone on good cables and
dry and hot weather over the South.
1 be weather forecast Indicating no
material change in weather conditions
for the week was an Important sus
taining influence. At the highest
trading mouths were 12 to 14 points
over Saturday's close.
Spot cotton quiet, unchanged. Mid
ling 13 ti-1 fi. Sales on the spot OOS
bales; to arrive 50.
Stocks and Bonds
New York. June 29.-With two ex
ceptions-July ll und November 24,
of last year-today's business on tho
stock exchange was the smallest of
any full day since the memorable
eut off from most of the world's mar
blizzard ot 1888, when New York was
kets. Transactions for the session
amounted to 69,000 shares.
The movement, what there was of
it, ranged from Irregular to heavy.
Opening prices were mostly higher, in
keeping iwth London. An egrl/ sab; of
100 shares of United States Dry CoodB
Micawber Wouldn't
Shine as auymnast,
Would Ile?
Qy M088.
LHaj __ WOL) remember
[Qi I how Mr. Ml
euwhei, in Dick*
eus' story, wu H iil
wnys walting for
something to turu
up. Saht lie to
David Copperfield:
"You atv uo
stranger to the fact that lhere
I have been periods of my life
! when lt luis been requisito that
I I should pause until certain ex
I pevicd events should turu up.
' when it Ima been necessary ttiat
J I should foti back before luak
! lug what t trust 1 ahull not he
j licensed of presumption in term
i lng-u spring. The present is
j o lie of those momentous stages
! lu the life of man You lind me
fallen buck for a spring, uud I
have every rensou to believe
Huit n Vigorous leap will shortly
; tie. the result." ?
Sume M lea w hers sit back In
si i ii I In r niter self complacency
' waiting to leap upon the golden
oppoi timi ties that I heir inure
alert neigh hot-? really pon me
upon lu the advertising columns
? of tilts pawer.
I DON'T be a M ICA W HE lt. Act
PROMITLY when you see bur
j gains advertised here. Weaily
I LEAH upon them. You'll be ??ur
: prised tv hud bow much lt
l'A YS. THOUSANDS OIT OTH
? BliS DO.
preferred af 65. a gain nf liv?' points
over last week's ?-los?', was thc sol?!
fca'.un ol tin- initial trading. The
stock fell ofl in Iii?' lalor dealings.
Standard sbares reflected the ab
normal dullness to au unusual degree,
K ?me ?if Hie iei.mining uni|?ioi?Nl for
loni'. Inti-rvals. lu the special group,
a lute spurt in Continental Can com
mon ami preferred which rose four or
more points ami a decline of - points
iioem-ral .Motors were almost tin- mi
li features of the day.
The bond market was Irregular.
Total sales, par value 11.480,000.
tinv'i . -ut bonds were unchanged
on cal..
Cotton Seed Oil
New York, .lune 20. Cpltou i?c?l
ol? was higher on demand from July
short* and som?' scattered buying of
forward months through commission
houses, inspire?) liv the strength in
associated markets, financial pricer,
were '.> lo 7 points net higher. .Sales
16,500 barrels.
The market closed Bl cady. Spot
72?'? a 710. ' "'
Liverpool Cotton
Liverpool, Jun?! 29.-Cotton spot
steady; good middling 815; middling
7:1?; low middling 7ir?. Sub'!-. 4.<><)'?.
speculation and export 500 Receipts
9.000.
Futures steady; June 749 1-2: June
July 7:12; July-August 732; Augusl
Se^ptember. 615 1-2; October-Novem
ber G83 1-2; December-Junuary ??74
1-2; January-F?'briiary 074 1-2; Mandi
and April 676 1-2.
Grain & Provisions
Chicago, June ?.'J - Prospects of a
heavy movement ol 'he new winter
today, but not until utter a buying
flurry, due in part tc tb. uufoumk'd
rumors of discovery of bluv. ust. The
market closed steady -* a < .? line of
2-8. lo 3-4 a 7-S, compart? \ Sat
11 nt a > night. Co? s ami outs ?~??.
fermi al net loss of tl' to "7-8. le pu
vi.-ions the outcome was 5 a 7 1-2 lo
10 u 12 1-2 advance.
Money On Call
New Vory, June 29.-Mercantile pa
per 3 1-2 a 4 1-4
Steril III; w?-uk; sixty days 4.i>5.'i5;
demand 4.87.75.
Commercial bills 4.85 1-4.
Pur silver 50 5-8.
it'.t xiean dollars 44.
.Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds ii regular. !
Call money steady 1 3-4 a 2; ruling
rate 1 3 5; closing 1 3-4 a 1 7-8.
Tiree loans easier; 00 days 2 12 u
".-4: ?M) days 2 1-2 a 3; six months
:? 1-4 a 1-2.
-THF. CITADEL -
The Military College of South Curolinn
Announced as "Distinguished Mili
tary College" by LT. S. War Depart
ment.
Full courses In Civil Engineering.
Sciences, English and Modern Lan
guages.
Confers B. S. and C.-E. degrees.
All expenses pay cadets from South
Carolina $250 a year.
A scholarship worth $300 a year ls
vacant from Anderson County, und
will Vc hlJhd by competitive ? xa* ?;.
nation at the County seat on Fr'jay.
August IA. '
Pur necessary informat lo*' and
blanks apply to Col. O. J. Boud. The
Citadel, Charleston. S. C.
vicar has started his penny lodgings.
Shoes WUhaut Toes.
London. June 29.-The -l?eles shoe
for afternoon and evening wear and
to ho worn with or wltbout stockings
ls the latoft novelty for women to ap
pear in the London shops. The new
design is of sandal form with high
Flench heels, and exposes glimpses of
the Bidet? of the foot and toes. They
arc also made In u wide range . of
colors with a view to matching the
gowns. So far the new shoe has not
yet made its appearance in the street
or the fashionable tea rooms.
Clemson's Graduates.
The wone thousand men who have
been graduated fi om Clemson College
are holding lucrative and responsi
bility positions tn 33 states and the
Dlrtrlct of Columbia, in Cu!>a. Canal
Zone, The Hawailus, Philippine Is
lands. Germany and? OIBHRIB .'. East
Africa. Strong evidence of ffm qual
ifient lom- of its -agricultural vradutcs
is found in thc fact that in Tibers of
them have been given employment by
thc United States department of agri
culture, while Clemson engineering
men are to be found lo, the plants of
the largest electrical corporations in
America._
Cheap Floor Stain.
A vcty inexpensive stain can ba
..Ade from burnt umber aud but wa
ter. Five cents' worth of the burnt
amber will slain several floors; that ts,
where a rug lo used for tho center.
Pour tho. hot water over" the burnt
jmber, little at a time, till lt ls thor
ouguly dlsLulved. Use a quart of hot
wiwor to tl ve cunts worth ot umber;
that maker, u pretty' dark brown Btaln.
Li<t lt dry, then rub ou any good door
wax and polish. " ' 4 *,'
Rough on the Old Maida
In a qujtiHtEnglish village there was
recently held a celebration in the
schoolroom St tba dedication of a new
Ore angine, lt was a giddy evening,
with three speeches by. local clergy
men and a long-wi um. d oration by a
bald-hetv?.-.'d politician. The gem ot '?ho
.vening was the following toast:
"May she (tho bro engine) be Uk? the
dear old maids ot our village-always
ready? but never wanted!"
THE FREE SCHI
OF THE PAL
How It Was Begun and How
The Great Need of First
Boys-Address by Jut
Al lin- recent commencement exer- !
rises of tile j,uhlic- schools ?it Che- ?
raw a notable address was delivered
by Judge George W, Gage of the Su
preme Court of South ('anilina. J
.Mr. Gage has been a student of
South Carolina history for years. Kew ?
men know more about the purl of the |
state. Pew know more about condi
tion!' which exist in South Carolina >
at the present lime. For sixteen I
years a distinguished member ot' tho ,
circuit hench. Judge Gage visited ev
ery county in Gie state again undi
again.
In his address at Cheruw Judge
Guge reviewed briefly but Compretten- I
slvely the development of free educa
tion in South Carolina.
The New? and Courier was so iin
ji r er sill with the summary of Judge
Gage's address ay it was sent out I
hom Cheraw that it wrote him and'
asked the privilege ot' publishing his
address in tull. It is as follows*
Judge tinge's Address.
Mr. Chairman. Ladies. Gentlemen of.j
the Hoard of Trustees ami Members
of the Graduating Class: Always,1
and especially upon a .school com- ?
m?neraient, the proper training of
(be youth or the ?tale is a most en
gaging i| nert ion. ;
it ought not to be left exclusively
io the teacher, won is an expert in
education and may tala? the expert's
view. It ought to command the seri
ous attention ol' all putiiotic mi li. for
the Iutur<> of the state depend?- upon
what the children of today learn. ,
Thia community is not Jimt nov/ In -
terested in his subject. The idea
: tarted lung yea rr ago.
lt ought to he a mailer ol' congratu
lation to live in a town with a history
ai il a history fur culture.
There are few studies of more inter
est Iban how u community grow: from
bettor to better; how an aggregation
nf people make stepping stones unit
ascend the heights of civilization. ?
Such a movement starts in the per
. -rn of one. or of a few men and wo-,
mon; it then gel:- a com mon posses
sion of the community ami thc evolu
tion begin: .
Successive generations take up the
idea of the movement, and enlarge
upon it. and it filially comes to fruit.
Those who went before you have
gone to their graves long ago. lAb
while they lived they got an idea
which has bios: mud into lins good,
day. - ,
llegliinliig of F.duca'Ion ia Cheraw.
As long ago ar 1772. which Js one
hundred and forty-two years ago. a,
grand jury of thir vicinity presented!
to the court then assembled ut Long
Bluff a few miles from here, "as u,
grievance the want of a free school In
the district."
The presentment was repeated at
there separate term.- of the court, ano
the lat L time it was declared to be a.
"very gi eat grievance."
1 doubt not but that some of the de
scendants of those jurors are in this
audience tonight. Amongst them 1
hnd the names of Harrington. God
frey. Evans. Pegues. Lide. Elerbe.
Wild.-', James- and McIntosh.
This wa? the starting point of edu
cation, education by taxation, in this
settlement.
Filly years after that Robert Mills
obaeived about Choraw: "Great prom
ise is held out that this town will be
come as eminent for encouragement
of literature and the useful arts as
for commerce. Several soctelties are
in embryo and much Intelligence con
centrated here."
Rut although this was LO. the Idea
of a free reboot, such an t lie grand
juries demanded, did not develop soon
and giow to full fruit!
There were free -.dionis, but only
for poor children, ?iud! a very meagre
appropriation for tl.cm was made hy
the leglrlatruc.
Poor children ? - re those whose pa
rents could not neate them.
The descrlptb- >. was odious and was
calculated to U .-p away from the
schools those whom they were es
tablished.
This wouli" > thc operation of such
u law today. If Hie appropriation for
the public : ools now was described
as one to i .icate "poor children,"
then parer' . would not send their
children t ? school.
At that me and tn the beginning of
the nineti nth century and for Its first
fifty yearr. there existed in this date
marked'distinctions of class.
T.hlr was the outgrowth of slavery
Those who owned slaves were able
to educate their own children, and
they ellher did so at their ownv ex
pense or left it undone. They'did
not commit lt to the state, and the
state did not undertake lt.
Ar Inte as 184r> Ute state appro
pi lated only $37.000 for the free
schools.
This does not mean that the chil
dren of the itate were not educated;
many of them were. ' Many' families
employed teachers in their houses,
and their children wore taught there.
. Tlitu<. were not a few notable acad
emics in the state where' young mea
were taught. Those of Dr. 'Waddell,
at Wtllington. or Dr. Alexander, on
Bullock's Creek; of Dr. Hudron, at
Mount Zion, and many others, sur
passed any school for boys now In
the state.
But Ihe children of a great mass of
our people went without education
at nil; those people bf small or no
means, whose children' liad to work
for a livelihood.
This policy of education was pur
sued until' the clore of the Viv ?I war.
Education by Taxation.
lt war i?r,ei ved for tim Constitu
tional convention of 1868, tn the de
1 liberation of which our people had
MET?C STATE
f It Has Been Continued -
Class High Schools for
Ige Gage at Cheraw.
little pan. u> declare for the educa
tion of all thc people hy a compre
hensive vs: :.i of schools supported
liy taxation.
Tlte j sy. icm was crude, lt is yet
Tar fron. |M licet, hut il had aa idea be
hind i: '.hi ame idea that the grand
[urica of t heraw precinct had before
the Revolution, ami the Idea that fall
id o? development because of con
trary i o.'al lol ces then at work.
The ftl?-ii was (hat an educated child
ls an as. ct lo the entire community:
that an uneducated child will grow
td he a .ia nae? to thu community, and
that to lif.cuie that heneljt and io
avert that calamity the stale might
lay thc heavy hand of taxation on all
thc people. (
I ilo nor know that thc young people
who daily meet here realize the full
mea.iinii of what 1 have said.
This ? ih'- u.uth ? wunt to make
pluin. Hie duli could not lax all the
peuple o. uay of theil.1 lo put clothes ,
an yoni backs ri: food into your
mouths i ;. hov over your beads.
Hut iii < may lay taxes and
with Hu' r.a ?ey build, school hon UT.
pay teat ? ers, hay books, cart the-chll
liren to senool ami then compel the
parents tu cad the children to
nchool
yo the :.<. 'ni ?Iv ?trr"ye . poetado
lr, presented of ?he :.ta ' . inability to
teed the child's body - -d Its ability
to iced hi: mind.
1 nt i; ..? m i :-li ange, for ll lue- been
(britten, 'The life ls more than meat."
It bah. Iheiefore, come to he lilli
reif.nl!>' r eoguizcl iu this nation, ami
uinongsl mo.-1 civilized nation:;,' thal
Hie education of the child is so lin-j'
portant that an accomplishment that
>t ought to he undi nuken by thc
r.it?ng aim of Hie Stale, whore ef
forts ale made availing by^H.e power
lo tax.
lint i he getting of an id?'U ir one
tiling au? the execution of it lu an
other ihing
A syst ?'in of pubjlc inri ruction in
volves immy i inuits. v
When ought the inst ruction to be
i tailed and when stuppod* How.
aught cl lld'?>n t?. 1-e clus ' ?'d Wilul
Knowledge -muht ti. be imparted to
then:'.'
'."'There i.- no u"rd foi arl;it.iar\ rules
suggest ? d htrgel) by nature, i." 'ncr
...bout r <.:.?. millen . the rules ur?.
laws a*e-observed.
Instruction Between ll and 17 Years.
The history of the world and com
il?n ib.u i \ at ion both teach timi th?
[?bief burine. : of men und women is
lo make meat to ?-at and clothes to
wenr. The vart majority of people
Jo only this and dbi They are torced
Lo work for their living often before j
they a?e ?G years of age; they ought
aol to be so ?.ilimed. But they must
generally begin to labor at 10 or 17
years of age Th? year.-? of in
struction, therefore, at the hands of
Hie rtttto ought to lie. and must lie,
in the.year.- bctwen G and 17.
For us a mle the child can st?.y no
longer and the state is obligated to
teach him no omi e.
I Hi ink it is true (ha? Hie only tax
able Interest society has tn a child is
lo teach him the fundamentals of
knowledge-the knowledge of his lan
guage of his country, and of num
ber:; and if he ir taught those things
well tor ton years, he ts well enough
educated to make a good, citizen, if he
ls taught some other tilings to which
I shall presently refir.
But this inst i action is insufficiently
?iven ar our r?hobl" ryrtein ' Is now
generally conducte-V. The boys
Tiiit school befoie they are sixteen.
I will appeal to nature nguiu for a
rule pf guidance. When boys renell
the agc of 12 or 14 they enter first in
to the rapids ami whirlpools of life.
It is not wot th while now to enter
I Ato the reasons.for this; it is a fact
is well ertabllsbed by observation and
by science, as the cutting of teeth or
thc growing of beard.
The boy quits school at thc very
time he ought most to be there. There
is u reason for it; he ir. not getting
bc treatment he ought to have.
Thc boy then needs to be separat
ed from the dominance of women and
lie every hour association with
rirls.. ' ?
Need for H omi High Schools. '
There ought to be In evety coun
y in the state one or more high
ichools for boys; und by high schools
l mean a rep?rate house to be odcu
?ied by boys alone; and in it trothed
nen teacher:- rn well compensated
hat they will dedicate their lives' to
he work.
Schools of his character have been
indertaken by the churches and ' by:
private agencies; but in nearly, every
nstahce they have perished for 'the
vant of a stable revenue.
Fifty schools of this character aent
cred throughout tho state would do
nore towards a genuine education of
he people than ail our colleges and
hey would furnish to n few colleges
i pe a?d flt material to be Worked Into
a-liol a m "WJierO sV .biara are needed,
ind scholar;- a re needed to lead the
itnte. . ' ' . " , ?
In my judgment this is now the aor
ist need of our public school system.
But much moro must be taught thc
?hild .tit?n the books.
That ls not the knowledge that con
terves society.
Much more depends upon what a
nan believes than upon what ' he
I llO Wit.
It is true that his beliefs may come
rom bis own observations, from Als
mowlcdge of books and bin. deduc
lonr. therefrom; but in most in
itances a man bellevs those things
vhlch he has been taught to believe;
liv? learns hlr beliefs like he learns liIH
letters.
'Whatsoever things ar?1 Irin*, what
r.oever tilings are honest, whatsoever
things art? just, whatsoever thing* are.
pure, whatsoever things are lovely . .
think on there things."
"Poi it's (a mani (hinkest in his
heart, so ls he."
The child 'ight to he langi,i to love
his country, to speak ihe truth, to
pay his debts, to obey the laws all
the laws, ami to du justice.
Theft? obligations he dues not know
by nature: they must be (au^liL to illili
much as he is taught bis spelling.
The greatest teacher i ever knew
was u mau who did not much instruct
in hooks, hut he -taught willi great
power the high ideals ot life.
And William .lames say: "The sol
id meaning of life is always the ?aros
eternal thing the marriage of noni?!
ideal with some fidelity, courage and
endurance."
Knowledge, thci??fore. ls not power
though that has often been asserted to
be so.
A mau may know the righi way and
not go it: a mun may know bis duty
and not do il; a man may know the.
law and not obey it; a man may soe
opportunitv and nut seize'it,
,1 Kine (J II nt Hy of Life.
You may be ready to ask me what
is that fine quality of life which gives
to man eyes to see, courage to do.
wisdom to obey and sagacity to act.
The philosopher of Concord calls it
character; he wrote "that which all
things tend to educe, which freedom
cultivates.. Intercourse revolution go
to form and deliver, is chnareter."
Il is the InherUi gquallty of the
man. often latent, uften active, but
like dynamic force always present.
The young man or the young woman
must .tand for something, must be
lieve something and must do some
thing.
Longfellow exi/ess-d the idea in
poetle language:
"Be not like dumb driven cattle,
Be a hero in the strife."
When a bill flies out of the field fly
after il; when a wagon stalls in the
rut, put you: shoulder to the wheel;
when you lix a time and place to meet
ii mun be there; when you don't know
LI thing, : tami tp It; when you make a
promise pet form it.
Above all, learn to roly upon your
self; don't bc, anxious to keep step
willi the crowd; thc crowd may be
ruing lo one place and you to un
filially, and, I am done, expressed
in the graphic words of Emmon:
"Speak your latent conviction, aud lt
shall be the univeisal renae; for al
ways the inmost becomes the out
most, and oUr first thought is ren
dered hack to us by the trumpet of tho
la-it Judgment."
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o IN "MY TC^WN." o
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ooooooooooooo
Thc presiden, t? the South Carolina!
division of the T. P. A. lias signed his
inouaker on many a hotel register
this statt' and tl reudt Win. A. Liv-'
Ingston?. Kilt the loys all call him
"Hill." He is as fine a salesman as ev
er carried a grip, aud he is thoroughly
imbued with the principles of thu T.
P. A. Ht* has attended all of Gie,
State conventions and sonic of Hie]
national conventions. He formerly
travelled out of Charleston. ' but isl
now in the wholesale business in'
Charleston. He made a very grace
ful speech Saturday night at thc
smoker and showed his enthusiasm j
over Anderson and the Anderson spir
it. 1
Toni Pearce of Spartanburg lu a
live wire, and for that reason has al
most decided,io become a resident of
the Electric; city, although ho has ueen
doing his bent to electrify the City of
Distress for several years. He is at
the head of a commission house that
lias built up a big business, yes, even
in Spartanburg. He came over for
the state convention of Elks and was
so much pleased with Anderson that
he decided to come back again. He
says that Anderson has been a reve
lation to him, as be nev?r thought it
possible for people to build as big and
as good a town ' as thia without any
railroad facilities to speak of. He
declares that Anderson's greatest
need is a big hotel, a modern hotel,
and if we will get one we will find
the traveling men all over the coun
try pulling for Anderson.
Hear a big noise in town Saturday?
Just everybody speaking to Bill Earle
excuse us. Mr. William E. liarle, since |
he got to be a magnate in the Square
Meal Town and president of the great
Ridgewood Country Club. There never |
was a man in Anderson who had IIIOMI
friends thun "Bill" Earle and tho old
town waa awful blue when he tefl,
and although in the last few months
things have in a nieaiurc pul hui
themselves- together again, yet. Ander
son will never be too busy to give a
smile and a welcome and -i hi3 "hov.
dye-do" to good old Bill Earle. Ho
threatened to stay over Monday and
root for Anderson against that arch
conspirator. Tommy 8toui.li, and as
a rooter Bill has never lowered bis
THE DRUNKARD'S. FALL
(Published by Request.)
Some several years had passed away since to thc altar she was led;
Her cheeks were red, her Tace was bright, the night that they were wed.
While standing then; she Joined herself to a man possessing wealth
.'. ?io : v 01 v.thacher lie '-would support, in sickness and In health.
This happy pair dwelt in a home with peace and love, galore.
Until at length their fluidly grew till the number was four.
The story, though, 'tis very sad. but the truth I now must tell,
This mau at last began to drink and in the monster's grasp he fell.
The lime, it glided swiftly by-he drank up every cent.
And so within a singlet year his untold wealth was spent. ?
The mother, leaning o'er her coals, on a cold and stormy night, .
Her cheeks were pale, her hair was gray, her face, it was not bright;
Three days and nights had passed away since lie from home, had gone.
And leaving them no bread to eat, nor wood to keep them warm;
Hut now she hears a mumbling voice and footsteps on the floor,
And then at length he turns the bolt and staggers through the door.
His eyes meet hers in fiercest wrath, and with oaths he doth declare
She must not return a single word, but his meal she.must prepare.
"Oh listen now, dear husband." the wife then kindly said;
"Since you have gone away, we all have had no bread.
The children, they are hungry, oh pray, what shall we do?
It's all because of whiskey-you know," she said, '.'it's true."
Then rising to his feet, as a bitter oath be swore.
He grasped her by the hair and dashed her to the Jloor.
And then with many oaths, and in his drunken rage.
He started for the cradle, to crush his little babe.
The mother, rushing forward to the man that seemed so wild,
Said, as rhe snatched her darling, "You must not hurt my child."
Then she who once stood by his Bide, the one he said be loved,
Was on that dark and stormy night out into the tempest shoved.
Then, rushing to the little cot where his son was sleeping sound,
He ushered him out at the door to cast him on the ground.
The boy then seized his father's coat and held it for dear life, ^ .
Rut oh, at length it- was cut loose with bis own rather's knife
The man lay down upon bia bed to take his night's repose.
And knew not that he was alone till morning, when be roue.
In searching for his wife, he opened up the door;
Two cold and fey forms fell down upon the floor.
He found, while bending o'er them, as on them his hands he laid,
It was bis own companion, and. darling little babe.
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For on that cold and stormy night the mother standing there,
Had tried to warm her little babe with her own lee-covered hair,
But ere the morning came they both had passed away
To rest in peace above and wait the judgment day.
The father sought his only.son. no trace of him could lind.
Until at last he gave up hopo und finally lost bis mind. '
For several years this man was kept in the home for the insane,
But by the help of skilful men, his mind at last regained.
Ile started out into the world to warn the people everywhere
Against the awful, dreaded.-curse of whiskey, rum and beer,
ile rose up in a church one night to warn the people there;
The pastor ot that church refused his voice to hear.
Thc pastor, rising to leave the church, said, with an angry trows.
"You take the barrooms from this place and you.will ruin our town."
The preacher passed out through the crowd, the barkeeper gave a yell
A minister of the gospel cheered by tho imps of hell. ..- , . .,
And when bia story the mon'had told, tears streaming down his cheeks,
Ho said: "Ten thousand worlds I'd give, once more my son to meet
He helli a paper in bia hand and -auk* d the men to come " >
And Join with him the "temperance pledge" and fight the curse of rum,
The first who came to sign -the pledge, as his ?ame he tried to write,
The father saw the withered hand, the mark of that sod night.
They clasped each other In their arms, their hearts were lilied with joy;
The father sought for many years, ot last he round his jffi
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What drink has done for others, 'twill do the same tor you.
Take warning now,' dear boys and girls, and men and women, too;
nome, sign the temperance pledge, and go along with me.
And give your heart to Jesua, He'll nave-you and set you free.
And If you are a drunkard, now ia th? time to stop,,
For lt you would be happy, don't ever touch a drop.
-John* W. Lynch.
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lint I in?; average <>f a pl nu l.oro. Mill
Karie, Tommy Pearce and Hil) Swing
stone arc boost< r.i for Th 1 Intelli
gencer and everyone now ay.; "My
Town."
The editor cf The Intelligencer has
received from Capt. Newton A. MeCul
ly a much uppre 'lated letter contain
ing some views of the beaut!'"c. coast
town of .Mazatlan, Mexico where ho
is now stationed. Capt. MeCully In
commander of tho battleship Califor
nia, which, by the way, bc built, and
when he was here just u year ago he
was hurried off to the west coast to
take charge of this grcal flouting fort
for it was feared that trouble was
browing. He bud just been adv.vio
ed from commander of th? Mayflow
er the president's yacht, tji cup'ain
o' this immense battleship, willi 'ta
crew of sevorul hundred men. The
photographs ?ie v.-ry interesting,
showing some of the rebel c hiefs >in
full regaliu, and showing iht AineH
cun battles'iips riding ut anchor in the
harbor of Mazatlan, flue illowa ali
American airship flying over tho
beautiful little eily, ready to drop
a bond at any moment.
REVIEW OF THE
STATE CAMPAIGN
W. P. Caldwell, of the Charleston
Newr and Com ?er, a correspondent*'
who ls on friendly terms, with the
governor's office, ina ken the follow
ing review of the gpbei natorlal cam
paign to date: t
Enforcement of the law, oninpul
soiy education, good roads, and cur
1 al uncut of the use of the pardoning
power are the paramount Issues de
veloped in Hie campaign tour of tho
candidates for state offices which
closed"Hs second week at Dillon yes
terday afternoon. Other Issues, have
behn brought Into the race but those
have been holding the center of the
stage, at leaet ar far as constructive
measures are concerned.
. "Coat-tail r.winging" ls heard from'
every stump', becoming especially
piominent 'at- Florence and Marlon
during the past week. At the first
hurled ot John G. Richards, who is
running foi governor, when be: de
clared his intention to vote for Gov
ernor Blouse for the senate and de
nied that he was a "coat-tall swing
er" as a result, that he was simply
exercising his right to vote for whom
he pleased. He denounced what he
calls the "newspaper oligarchy" and
sayB they go trying to-crush him be
cause ot his Intention to vote for
Blease.
'W. C. Irby, a candidate for gover
nor, and also a political friend of %
Governor Blease, denominated Mr.
Richards as a "camp follower" at
Marion. Mr. Irby said Richards re
minded him of one who lurks in the
rear while tho fighting is going on
and after the victory is won rushes
on the field and trys to grab the
spoils. "Where," he asked, ''was J
Richards standing two years ago
wheo he went into a caucus with
Senator Tillman to consider opposing
Blease:'for re-election?" He also
wanted.-to know where Richards-waa
rt an di ti g when he and others who
have been with Blease fr* yeara wont
down to 'defeat with him.
Florence was the first place fac
tionalism hus cropped out on this
campaign tour. Tho audience there .
was antt-BlcasV strongly so, and they
showed lt by the way in which they
cheered thc untJ-DJeaee candidates
and heckled thc ' others. From what
har. been gathered most of the coun
ties apparently so far visited aro
against tho state administration with
the pu: -lillie exception of Horry. It ls
admitted that county will be close, al
though Governor BJearo carried It
two years ago' by a good majority.
Thc caadidates for state office have
visited Sumter, Clarendon. Berkeley,
Georgetown, .Williamsburg, Florence.
Marion Hoity, arid Dillon counties.
Which of the eleven candidates aro
lending for governor lt ls' hard to
say. The people have boen giving
close attention to all of thc speeches.
That the people arc doing their own
thinking and'are Intelligently arriv
ing at conclurions regardless of tho
so-called Blease irsue In evident. Alt
of the audiences have applauded ?con
demnation, of the i nd hie sim! nate uno
of the pardoning poWer. voiced by ft.
I.- Manning and M. ti. Smith In their
speeches for governor. These .with
John G., Clinkscalea ami ll. A. Cooper
have stressed tho need and necessity
for.-enforcement of the laws. Man
ning. C.. A. Smith. Cooper, Clinks-sales
have scored race tracks and promise
If- they ar? elected governor ' to sup
press the evil. -
The -weather - has been sweltering,
so hot'indeed as to bc a burden to
the caadladtes, the newspaper men
arid the audiences. The patience of
the whole collection has been won
derful.
Loses tte Charm.
It's difficult for a, newly murrin!
niau to- generate muon enthusiasm '
over bis bride's beautiful hair after \
be hms teen her pile lt on the burp AU
ter tbs night. ' . ;.--<